“It’s still a compelling play, worth seeing in itself and as a map of what would follow.”
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"4/5 Stars! Director Oliver Butler elicits discomfitingly authentic performances from the entire cast, led by the phenomenal Kendall...As the workplace comedy of the early scenes gradually yields to an unsettling exploration of family and faith, the play builds to a finale that verges on rapture."
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“Director Oliver Butler’s staging of Hunter’s breakthrough play is uniformly well-acted. It simmers with subtle unease...Even though the play doesn’t fully succeed, those dramatic hallmarks make it worthwhile.”
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“This is realism pitched to an unsettling extreme, a mundanity that starts to overwhelm us even before the play gets going.”
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“ ‘A Bright New Boise’ moves stealthily toward a bleak conclusion, but the observational clarity of Mr. Hunter’s writing never falters.”
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“In ‘A Bright New Boise,’ the seeds are planted, but its young writer hasn't really gotten there yet. But it's awfully fun to look back and see how far he's come.”
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“If the play's insights into working-class America put Hunter on the map, it also features a certain carelessness about plotting. Then again, Will's halting attempts at connecting with others is heartbreaking to see; the other characters are sharply, engagingly drawn; and there is the overpowering irony of this drama faith and identity playing out under the aegis of a business notorious for its religiosity and political meddling…Under Oliver Butler's direction, which doesn't miss a nuance, a fine cast brings Hunter's gallery of lost souls to strong, highly individual life.”
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“ ‘A Bright New Boise’ may not be his finest work, but visiting Hunter's Idaho always has its fair share of pleasures and revelations to make the trip worthwhile.”
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